Common Error Detection - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

21

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He asked me / why did I call / him a rogue.

A) He asked me B) why did I call C) him a rogue D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

why I called

22

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Were you / given a choice / or you had to do it?

A) Were you B) given a choice C) or you had to do it? D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Had you been

23

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The person which was / recommended for the position / did not fulfil the prescribed qualifications.

A) The person which was B) recommended for the position C) did not fulfil the prescribed qualifications D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

The person who was

24

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
What does Professor Dhavan / spend so many hours / in the laboratory?

A) What does Professor Dhavan B) spend so many hours C) in the laboratory? D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

why does Professor Dhavan

25

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
The presumption that the average investor does not understand / or take interest in the affairs of the company / is not correct.

A) The presumption that the average investor does not understand B) or take interest in the affairs of the company C) is not correct D) No error

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Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

No explanation is given for this question. Let's Discuss on Board

26

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Shanghai is / bigger than any city / of the world

A) Shanghai is B) bigger than any city C) of the world D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

bigger than any other city

27

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Sheela has scored a first class / in her final exams, / isn't it?

A) Sheela has scored a first class B) in her final exams, C) isn't it? D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

hasn't she

28

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
At the moment the house / was burgled the family / attended a night party in the neighbourhood.

A) At the moment the house B) was burgled the family C) attended a night party in the neighbourhood. D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

The moment the house

29

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Scarcely had / I arrived than / the train left.

A) Scarcely had B) I arrived than C) the train left D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

'I arrived when'

30

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case, / the facts made it very clear / that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife.

A) Though he stoutly persisted in denying his involvement in the case, B) the facts made it very clear C) that he had hand in the cruel murder of his wife D) No error

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

that he had involved in the cruel murder of his wife.